Copyright, 1881,
By Robert Carter & Brothers.
CAMBRIDGE:
PRESS OF
JOHN WILSON AND SON.
ST. JOHNLAND
STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY
SUFFOLK CO., N. Y.
EXTRACT FROM THE DEED OF TRUST, ESTABLISHING THE MORSE LECTURESHIP.
"The general subject of the Lectures, I desire to be:
"The relation of the Bible to any of the Sciences, as Geography, Geology, History, and Ethnology, the vindication of the inspiration and authenticity of the Bible, against attacks made on scientific grounds, and the relation of the facts and truths contained in the Word of God, to the principles, methods and aims of any of the Sciences.
"Upon one or more of these topics a course of ten public Lectures shall be given at least once in two or three years, by a Lecturer, ordinarily to be chosen two years in advance of the time for delivering of the Lectures.
"The appointment of the Lecturer shall be by the concurrent action of the Founder of the Lectureship, during his life, the Board of Directors, and the faculty of said Seminary.
"The funds shall be securely invested, and the interest of the same shall be devoted to the payment of the Lecturer, and to the publication of the Lectures within a year after the delivery of the same.
"The copyright of the Lectures shall be vested in the Seminary."
(Signed) Samuel F. B. Morse.